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Verse Matthew 8:22. _LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR DEAD._] It was usual for
the Jews to consider a man as _dead_ who had departed from the
precepts of the law; and, on this ground, every transgressor was
re...
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LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR DEAD - The word “dead” is used in this
passage in two different senses. It is apparently a paradox, but is
suited to convey the idea very distinctly to the mind. The Jews used...
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6. THE KING MANIFESTED BY SIGNS OF DIVINE POWER.
Chapter s 8-9.
CHAPTER 8
1. The Healing of the Leper. (Matthew 8:1 .) 2. The Healing of the
Centurion's Servant. (Matthew 8:5 .) 3. The Healing of P...
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ASPIRANTS TO DISCIPLESHIP (Luke 9:57). Mt. here breaks away from Mk.'s
order, omitting Mark 1:35, and giving as the sequel to Jesus-' first
stay at Capernaum what Mk. (Mark 4:35 to Mark 5:20) makes th...
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FOLLOW ME.
The highest of all duties, now discharged by becoming his disciple,
obeying him and making his life our example. It, also, when he was on
earth in person implied to follow his footsteps an...
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LOVE IN ACTION (Matthew 8:1-34)
Of all the gospel writers Matthew is the most orderly. He never sets
out his material haphazardly. If in Matthew one thing follows another
in a certain sequence, there...
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LET. leave.
THE DEAD. corpses. Note the-well-known Figure of speech _Antanaclasis_
(App-6), by which one word is used twice in the same sentence with two
meanings which _clash_ against each other: "l...
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Fitness for Discipleship. Luke 9:57-62
St Luke names three instances, and places the scene of the incident in
Samaria.
The instances are typical of the way in which Jesus deals with
different charac...
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FITNESS FOR DISCIPLESHIP
Luke 9:57-62.
St Luke names three instances, and places the scene of the incident in
Samaria.
The instances are typical of the way in which Jesus deals with
different charac...
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VER 18. NOW WHEN JESUS SAW GREAT MULTITUDES ABOUT HIM, HE GAVE
COMMANDMENT TO DEPART UNTO THE OTHER SIDE. 19. AND A CERTAIN SCRIBE
CAME, AND SAID UNTO HIM, "MASTER, I WILL FOLLOW THEE WHITHERSOEVER
TH...
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_MIRACLES DEMANDED A FOLLOWING MATTHEW 8:16-22:_ Matthew tells us the
Jesus did that which Isaiah prophesied that the Messiah would do.
(Matthew 8:16-17) "When evening had come, they brought to Him ma...
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ΆΚΟΛΟΎΘΕΙ _praes. imper. act., см._ Matthew 8:19. Это
призыв к апостольскому служению. _Praes.
imper._ указывает на образ жизни.
ΆΦΕΣ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΆΦΊΗΜΙ (G863) покидать,
позволять, разрешат...
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DISCOURSE: 1336
HOW WE ARE TO FOLLOW CHRIST
Matthew 8:19. _A certain Scribe came and said unto him, Master, I will
follow thee whithersoever thou goest. And Jesus saith unto him, The
foxes hare holes...
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AND ANOTHER—SAID, &C.— The answer of this disciple supposes that
our Saviour had ordered him to follow him. See Luke 9:59. It is
uncertain whether this disciple's father was just dead, or whether, as...
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SECTION 15
JESUS CALLS TO DISCIPLESHIP
(Possible parallel: Luke 9:57-62)
TEXT: 8:18-22
18.
Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to
depart unto the other side.
19....
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And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to
go and bury my father.
Since this is more fully given in Luke, we must take both together.
"And He said unto another of his disc...
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5-13 Compare Luk_7:1-10.
5 This is followed by an intimation that, though rejected by His own,
He would be accepted by the nations, as is the case in the book of
Acts. The priest was at one end of th...
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THE LEPER CLEANSED. THE CENTURION'S SERVANT HEALED. HEALING OF PETER'S
WIFE'S MOTHER AND MANY OTHERS. STILLING OF THE TEMPEST. HEALING OF THE
GADARENE DEMONIACS
1-4. Cleansing of the leper (Mark 1:40...
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MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS
MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 8
*MIRACLES WHEN JESUS HEALED PEOPLE 8:1–9:38
Matthew showed Jesus’ authority by what he taught in Chapter s 5-7.
Now Matthew shows...
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LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR DEAD. — The point of the half-epigrammatic,
half-proverbial saying, lies in the contrast between the two meanings
of the word “dead.” “Let those who have no spiritual life ling...
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CHAPTER 8
The Signs of the Kingdom - Matthew 8:1 - Matthew 9:1
REFERRING to Matthew 4:23, we find the work of Christ at the beginning
of His ministry summarised as teaching and preaching and healing...
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_Excursion to the eastern shore with its incidents_ (Mark 4:35 to Mark
5:20; Luke 8:22-39). These narratives make a large leap forward in the
history. As our evangelist is giving a collection of heali...
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LEADER OF MEN AND RULER OF NATURE
Matthew 8:18-27
Christ winnows men. Before any enter upon His service, He places
before them the inevitable trials which they must meet, among which
loneliness and...
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The King passed down from the mountain and from teaching in order that
He might bring the Kingdom nearer to His people, and give them
examples of its benefits. What a wondrous application of His power...
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_Let the dead bury their dead. The first words, let the dead, cannot
mean those that were dead by a corporal death; and therefore must
needs be understood of those who were spiritually dead in sin.
(W...
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CHAPTER 28
JESUS HOMELESS
Matthew 8:1-22, & Luke 9:57-62. _“And it came to pass, they
journeying on the way, a certain one said to Him, I will follow Thee
whithersoever Thou mayest go, Lord; and Jesu...
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As this is the first place in the Gospel we meet with the phrase Son
of MAN, in reference to the person of CHRIST; and especially as it is
a phrase the LORD JESUS was pleased frequently to make use of...
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Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a
striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has
been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
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_A THREEFOLD FOLLOWING_
‘But Jesus said unto him, follow Me; and let the dead bury their
dead.’
Matthew 8:22
Whither must we follow Christ?
I. ALONG THE ROAD HE TROD.—That was the road of self-de...
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22._Allow the dead to bury their dead. _By these words Christ does not
condemn burial: for it would have been shameful and cruel to throw
away the bodies of the dead unburied, and we know that the cus...
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Then, in chapter 8, the Lord begins in the midst of Israel His patient
life of testimony, which closed with His rejection by the people whom
God had so long preserved for Him, and for their own blessi...
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BUT JESUS SAID UNTO HIM, FOLLOW THOU ME,.... Christ would not excuse
him on this account, but insists on what he had before called him to;
to attend upon him, and give himself up to the ministry of th...
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But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
Ver. 22. _Follow me_] Let go things less necessary, and mind the main.
Thy task is long, thy time is short; opportunities are hea...
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_And another said, Lord_, &c. Luke informs us, Luke 9:59, that Christ
had said to this man, _Follow me_, to which command he replied, as is
here stated, _Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father...
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LET THE DEAD; the spiritually dead.
BURY THEIR DEAD; the literally dead. Let those who are impenitent
sinners without spiritual life bury your father, and do you now what I
command you. The omniscien...
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Another lesson:...
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Now the King comes down among the people from the height from which He
had given them wise instruction. For He is not only their teacher: He
will experience their sorrows, and show His heart of compas...
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18-22 One of the scribes was too hasty in promising; he proffers
himself to be a close follower of Christ. He seems to be very
resolute. Many resolutions for religion are produced by sudden
convictio...
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Ver. 21,22. Luke repeating the same history, LUKE 9:59,60, saith that
Christ said to this man, _Follow me._ He replies, _Lord, suffer me
first to go and bury my father; _ to live at home with my fathe...
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Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book III
They who sing thus, and sing in response, are those who before hymned
immortality,-found at last wicked and wickedly singing this most
pernicious palinod...
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Matthew 8:22 But G1161 Jesus G2424 said G2036 (G5627) him G846 Follow
G190 (G5720) Me G3427 and G2532 let G863 (G5628) dead G3498 bury G2290
(G5658) their G1438 dead G3498
follow - Matthew 4:18-22,...
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TWO DISCIPLES ARE FACED UP WITH THE COST OF FOLLOWING JESUS (8:18-22).
Jesus' command to His disciples to prepare to go to the other side of
the Sea of Galilee (Matthew 8:18) sparks off the need for...
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GENERAL CHARACTER. The magna charta of Christ's Kingdom: the unfolding
of His righteousness; the sublimest code of morals ever proclaimed on
earth; the counterpart of the legislation on Mount Sinai; C...
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LEAVE THE DEAD TO BURY THEIR OWN DEAD
(αφες τους νεκρους θαψα τους εαυτων
νεκρους). The spiritually dead are always on hand to bury the
physically dead, if one's real duty is with Jesus. Chrysostom...
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Matthew 8:22
It was the answer of our Lord to one of His disciples, possibly as an
old tradition tells us, to the Apostle Philip, who, before following
Him, wished to go and bury his father. The extr...
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Matthew 8:1. _When he was come down from the mountain, great
multitudes followed him. And, behold, there came a leper and
worshipped him,_
Great multitudes often count for nothing; it is here or ther...
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CONTENTS: Jesus heals a leper, the centurion's servant and Peter's
wife's mother. Professed disciples tested. Stilling of the waves.
Casting-out demons at Gadara.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, leper, centurion...
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Matthew 8:2. _Behold, there came a leper and worshipped him._ After
having preached his sermon, and discovered his doctrine, says Jerome,
an opportunity presented itself of displaying miracles, thereb...
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FOLLOW ME. Jesus seems harsh in his answer, But, not sol The most
important matter is the work which Jesus is doing. Others are fully
capable of caring for the parent and seeing to his burial. Put God...
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_Master, I will follow Thee._
IMPETUOUS AND HESITATING DISCIPLESHIP
I. The significance of Christ’s treatment of the impetuous scribe.
He declares his determination to follow Christ, lead where He m...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 8:1 The Authoritative Power of the Messiah:
Kingdom Power Demonstrated. Jesus has shown himself to be the Messiah
through his teaching (chs. Matthew 5:1). Now he shows himself...
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JESUS TEACHES ABOUT THE COST OF FOLLOWING HIM MATTHEW 8:18-22; LUKE
9:51-62; MATTHEW 8:18; MATTHEW 8:18 Now when Jesus saw great
multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other
side...
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CHAPTER 8 Ver. 2. _And, behold, a leper,_ &c. This same miracle is
related by S. Mark (Mar 1:40), and by Luke (Luke 5:12). From a
comparison of these it would seem to follow that the miracle was not
p...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Matthew 8:18. TO DEPART.—Thus Jesus sought repose, and gave to the
people time to bear fruit from His teaching, and kindled their
interest in Himself for the future (_Bengel_).
Matth...
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EXPOSITION
MATTHEW 8:1
MESSIAH'S WORK AS COMPLEMENTARY TO HIS TEACHING. We return in this
section to matter which resembles that of Mark and Luke, and
undoubtedly belongs to the Framework (_vide _I...
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Let's turn to Matthew's gospel chapter eight. The fifth chapter of
Matthew begins "And seeing the multitude, he went into a mountain: and
when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him: And he open...
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1 Timothy 5:6; Colossians 2:13; Ephesians 2:1; Ephesians 2:5;
Ephesians 5:14; John 1:43; Luke 15:32; Matthew 4:18; Matthew 9:9...
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DISCIPLESHIP IN TRAINING
Matthew 8:18
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. Let us consider the insincerity of the multitude. The last study
closed with the crowds pressing upon Christ that they might be
disposses...
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But Jesus said — When God calls, leave the business of the world to
them who are dead to God....
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(CF. LUKE 9:60)— Wasn’t it absurd for Jesus to tell the dead to
bury their own dead?
PROBLEM: A man wanted to follow Jesus but first asked Jesus if he
could go and bury his father. Jesus responded, “...